Speakers Women Like

Mewsickbuff, what a great post...jogs a few memories of my own. Dunno how ’rare’ female audio buffs are exactly, I just know I don’t see posts like that every day. Thanks!

To all: My wife and I have gone round and round in the past about my system. Me: "I **Have** to move the speakers out into the living room, it’s really the best place for them!!" Her: "The best place for those speakers is out in the yard!!" Lol! She really objects to their looks more than anything else (while still small, they Are rather ugly ducks, I’ll give her that), but we each take comfort in the fact that we will be building a new home fairly soon...I get the dedicated room and she gets control of the living space back. She used to object to the sound to a degree, but, as I’ve steadily improved things over the years, things have turned around a bit. I’m convinced that she hears better than I do (I do get too close to my work with it, at times, to remain objective) and she often has been able to spot problem areas in the sound quality, even long before I felt I did, really.

Cheers!

My wife doesn't much care for my stats but she loves her 805s.  

Erik, took a look at the Klang Tong NADA's and they're beautiful.  And yep, as a kid I built a few go-carts and a tree house so I'm familiar with hand tools.  Still have an oak wall clock and several bookcases I built when my kids were very young. (My husband bought me a table saw). But I'm not up to the challenge of building anything that doesn't come with instructions written in English (and a ton of illustrations).  I've read too many things with Google translate that sounded weird.  I have seriously considered upgrading to Monitor Audio PL300's. Honestly, I've never heard any Focal's or Thiel's (but I did audition & was impressed with the Maggies). Maybe I should stick with the familiar Monitor Audio family.
You're welcome, Ivan.  I know how you feel about speaker placement out in the living room. I moved mine out once and came back later to find them practically against the wall. But to be fair my husband was trying to keep them from attracting the attention of our curious grand daughters.  He meant well. Happy 4th!

You can have the cabinet made by Lee Taylor. The only thing after that is the crossover, and that can be purchased fully assembled from Madisound.  If you can install a speaker in a car, this would be a piece of cake.

Best,

Erik

Our reactions to speakers are certainly personal and physiological. Most men lose the ability to hear high frequencies as they age. Women are more likely to lose the ability to hear low frequencies. I would also note that most women that I know have mentioned the way speakers look before responding to audio quality. As a result, I would suggest that my friend's efficient Klipshorns would not, for example, be high on his wife's list of speaker favorites, huge with roll-offs on the high end. My guess is that she would prefer speaker with a furniture profile and detailed high frequency response.